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Sunday, 12 August 2012

Canine Murray serves gold at Battersea

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home has celebrated Team GB tennis player
Andy Murray’s Gold medal victory in the Men’s Singles by naming one of
its homeless dogs after the hero from Dunblane.

For some reason this photo keeps coming out sideways - sorry!

Jack Russell cross
Murray is now hoping some of his namesake’s success will rub off on him
as he searches for a new home. The eight month old puppy was dumped on a
doorstep in Bexley, London, before being brought to Battersea. Like the
tennis giant, he is confident, energetic and loves tennis balls.
Rehoming
and Welfare Team Leader Laura Weekley explains: “Murray is the perfect
name for this pup. Like Andy, he is very intelligent and clearly has his
eyes on the prize, as he wants to bag a new home. Here at Battersea
everyone, including our dogs and cats, is right behind Team GB and we
hope that naming some of our animals after the team will help spur them
on to win even more medals.”

Andy Murray is one of Battersea’s
supporters, and visited the charity in July, following the Wimbledon
Championships. To wish him luck ahead of the Men’s Singles final on
Sunday, Battersea tweeted a photo to his dog Maggie May, showing
Battersea dog Jessy the Wire Fox Terrier holding a good luck message for
the player.

Murray the Jack Russell is one of 16 dogs and cats
at Battersea named after Team GB Olympic gold medal champions. They
include Staffies Mo, Ben and Jessica and Golden Retriever Rutherford.
Battersea
has already had a taste of the excitement surrounding the Olympics,
after the Flame made a special visit to the Home last month. Former
England player Michael Owen carried it through Battersea, accompanied by
Rory the Staffie, and they were watched by a doggy Guard of Honour of
over 50 dogs.